Afterall the following families were living in South View back in Edwardian times:
at 6 lived deputy overman Alex Surtees Watson, together with his wife Sarah and daughter Florence
at 12 we find Joseph Cook Surtees, his wife Mary and their family
at 13 we have James Maughan and wife Elizabeth, as well as children Henry and Nicholas
next door at 14 it's William and Jane Metcalf and finally,
three doors down, at 17, we find Peter and Mary Maughan together with Thomas and Mary.
WB
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Hi Wilf,
ReplyDeleteFamilies with those names still lived in Ushaw Moor when I was a lad. As you know from Cencus Records miners followed the work and the money and the new villagers growing up were filled mostly with familes that were born outside the area. Fascinating.
Brian Mc.
Wilf,
ReplyDeleteCaught on 2nd time around. John Metcalfe had a bakers opposite the Empire on Station Road, next door was a greengrocers owned by a family named Surtees and Stan Watson owned the garage and newsagents on Durham Road opposite the Flass. I cannot place the name Maughan with a business in the village. Is this what you were hinting at?
Brian Mc.